Vengeance is Mine: Meri's Education

I wasn't finished with Chapter 4, but it leads into Meredith and Adi's first confrontation with The Order. If you haven't read the first 3 chapters, please do, this story will make a bit more sense after you do.

No, I don't have an editor. Yes I need one... Enjoy

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Vengeance is mine: Meredith's Education

Adrienne

"Adrienne, my fierce one, its time to awaken." Anjelika said to me.

I opened my eyes and looked around. Meredith and I had switched during the night. She was cuddled up to me now and was sleeping. Her skin felt so soft to the touch. I smiled a big smile this morning. I hadn't woken up next to anyone in a very long time and I was relishing the feeling.

"I'm glad you're content Adrienne. It's my hope that you'll fill the void in each other's hearts in days and weeks to come. You've been alone for so long my sweet." She said to me. "After all you've done for me, I am happy to do what I can for you where this is concerned."

"Thank you Anjelika, I have to admit that I feel quite content with her next to me. I said to her.

"Down to business my fierce one. What do you have planned for our Meredith today?" Anjelika asked me.

"I'm taking her to Wal-Mart and we're going to start with masking her magic and work our way up to incorporating that in with her changing her looks to hide in plain sight. You've interacted with her more than I have, do you have any guidance on how she'll take to this?" I asked.

"Two things Adrienne... first, why Wal-Mart? I avoid that place like the plague. Second, don't underestimate her intelligence or intuitiveness. She surprised me by figuring out how to take a soul without any instruction." My Lady told me.

"Thank you Anjelika, I will not underestimate her. As for why Wal-Mart, there are distractions and many, shall we say interesting people, that will put her concentration to the test." I replied.

"You've obviously given this some thought then? I heard what you said last night about training with a knife and her physical strength. I think she's going to surprise you where that's concerned." I heard her say.

"I'm sure she will, but I recall I surprised you as well when you taught me, my Lady." I replied to her.

"I told her some historical things about The Order, but I said nothing about your interests or involvement in this fight. I leave that to you to explain why. And now I leave you to your work. I'd wish you good luck, but you wont need it Adrienne." She said as she receded in my mind.

I started to hear Meredith wake up. She moved back into me a bit more and smiled. "Good morning Adi, I hope you were as comfortable as I was last night." She said to me.

"I have to tell you something Meredith." I said to her. She looked over her shoulder at me with a bit of concern. "This is the best way I've woken up in a long time. I've almost forgotten what its like to sleep next to a warm body." I told Meredith.

"I very much enjoyed it. Maybe later you can shed some more light on what Anjelika was talking about regarding us being bound to each other." She said to me.

"I'd be more than happy to do that. But there are some other things that we have to do first. I promise that I'll tell you everything I know AFTER we finish what I need to teach you today, ok?" I explained to her. "We have much to do and even less time to get it finished."

Meredith rolled over and grabbed my head with both her hands and kissed me with such passion. It was a soul-searing kiss. I felt it through our link. It was aimed at my soul and not at my desire. She was feeling the same about me as I was about her. I felt it all from her.

She let go and bounced out of bed with a huge smile on her face. I watched as she sashayed into the bathroom and closed the door. Yum yum yum..." I thought to myself.

"I heard that." Meredith said to me in my mind.

I started to giggle a little bit and got up. I went into the closet and got my clothes out for the day. It was going to be a long day so I grabbed some shorts and a conservative top. I heard the bathroom door open and she walked into the closet and grabbed a pair of shorts and a Pink Floyd t-shirt.

After a shower and getting dressed, we went downstairs and grabbed keys and wallets and were out the door. Meredith took one look at my Cadillac CTS-V and said "Nice rental, She really takes care of you, doesn't she."

"Ma fille, this is not a rental, this is mine. She got it for me." I told her.

"She bought you a $90k Cadillac just for coming to teach me? She's quite generous with us." Meredith asked.

"Stop..." Anjelika said in both our minds. "I told you Meredith, you do my bidding on Earth. It's my prerogative to see that you are suitably equipped and adequately provided for. My servants will reflect their station."

"Yes my Lady, I am thankful for what you've given me so far and I will not question your motives again." Meredith said.

I was looking at the purple Charger when Meredith walked up. "Do you like it?" I heard her ask.

"I'm guessing this is your father's car?" I asked her.

"Nope." She said as she hit the remote start on the key FOB. "It's mine." I heard her say as the car roared to life. "This WAS my dad's car, but when his got his bonus 2 years ago, he bought himself a new truck and gave me his Charger."

I have to say that I'm impressed with her car. The exhaust was definitely aftermarket. The windows were all tinted so you almost couldn't see in. To be honest, aside from the color, you'd have never known that a woman owned it. "I like it, the color suits you ma fille." I said to her. We both slid into the car and closed the doors.

Meredith pressed a button on the steering wheel and the glove box opened. She asked me to open the glove box quick and check its contents. When I opened it, there was a Glock pistol and 2 extra magazines in there. The mount for the gun and been custom built into the glove box. I pulled the gun out, checked it to make sure it was chambered, put it back, and closed the glove box. When I looked for a way to open it, I heard Meredith tell me that Michael had this customized for him so that no one could get into it unless you knew how.

"Ok, where are we going?" Meredith asked me as she drove out of her driveway.

"First, find some place that has decent coffee, and then we're going to Wal-Mart." I told her.

I just giggled as we drove down the street to get coffee. "Yes, really. Besides, you're thinking about this the wrong way. Aside from the normal people that are shopping, there's many ways to distract you. Throw in the... rednecks... I think they're called, and then you've got an excellent way to ensure you'll learn to keep your attention focused." I explained to her.

"I bow to your logic, but only because it seems flawless." She said to me as she took my hand and held it.

We drove on till we got to a small restaurant near our destination. "This place has the best French press coffee that I've ever tasted. I've been coming here since I was in high school and I haven't found any other place that can compete. It makes hipster-bucks taste like flavored caffeine water." Meredith told me.

We walked in and Meredith was looking around for someone. Then I heard a scream and watched as an older lady ran up to Meredith and gave her a big hug. She was asking Meredith how long she was in town for and that she was sorry to hear about Michael and Allison. "After you left for university, they used to come in here on Sundays and eat brunch. We'd sit and talk for hours." She said to Meredith.

"I'm actually planning on staying in the area since I'm finished with college. I'm going to do my masters online from Auburn." Meredith told her.

"You know your mom and dad were so proud of you. I miss them very much. I still have the picture of the four of us hanging over the register. I look at it every morning when I open." She said to Meredith.

Meredith looked back at me, took my hand, and said, "Adrienne, I'd like you to meet Louisa. She owns this place and is responsible for everything I know about coffee. Louisa, this is my Adi. She's very special to me."

I reached out and shook Louisa's hand and said, "Enchante' Louisa. Meredith has said you make excellent coffee. May I try some please?"

Louisa smiled and looked at Meredith. "French press and croissants?" she asked.

Meredith replied, "Yes please, but can we try the pain aux raisins?"

Louisa went off and started on our order so we sat down at a table and was waiting for our food when we heard three men start to talk about Meredith and I. They started with "Oh man, look at her tits" to "Holy crap, those shorts are painted on" to "Must be lesbians because they haven't even looked at us yet." and it went down hill from there. I shook my head in disgust and decided that was going to be a teaching moment for Meredith.

"Adi, I have this, be patient. I'm waiting for the right moment." I heard her say in the back of my mind. I nodded my head and we talked some more about her growing up. A few minutes later, Louisa showed up with our drinks and food.

I took a sip and then a bite of croissant. "La plupart d'excellents cafés madame, et les pain sont parfaits." I said to her. I was reaching for my wallet but Louisa put her hand on my shoulder.

"Just like Meredith, your money is no good here. Meredith is like a daughter to me so anyone special to her is special to me." Louisa said and afterwards, kissed me on both cheeks, smiled and got back to work.

The men at the table were snickering as they looked at us, and that's when I felt Meredith's power increase. She smiled and me and winked at me. After that she got up and walked over to the table with the three "gentlemen" and just sat right down. I opened up the link between us so I could hear what she was saying.

I felt her release some pheromones at their table before she started talking. I saw all three of them start to shift in their seats, as their dicks got hard.

"Gentlemen, and I use that term loosely, I've been coming to Louisa's for coffee since I was a sophomore in high school." She told them.

"When was that? Last week?" One of them said. All of them started to laugh as Meredith just looked at them. She had a smirk on her face as they laughed. She took a sip of her coffee and as she did, she sent out a small wave of power to them and they just stopped and froze as she looked at the three of them.

"As I was saying, I hate it when my morning coffee is interrupted. So right now, you're going to finish your drinks. You're each going to leave a $50 tip. And then you're all going to go to the parking lot and punch yourselves in the crotch as hard as you can... Three times. Do you understand?" She finished saying.

As the three of them nodded and got up to pay for their drinks, Meredith started saying to them, "Oh and gentlemen, you'll remember what you did here this morning and what happened when you got ignorant with someone." After she finished, she flipped her hand and released them.

After they got up to leave, Meredith came back over and sat down and smiled. As she slid her fingers into mine, she said, "I hate it when my morning coffee is interrupted."

I was sitting there trying to contain my laughter when she came back over and sat down again. "I had planned on trying to teach you how to do that, but I see that I did exactly what I told 'HER' I wasn't going to do." I said to Meredith. She looked at me with a curious look on her face. "I said I wasn't going to underestimate you, but I did." And in the back of my mind I heard "I told you so." and laughter.

Meredith

Adrienne started telling me about how she learned to mask her power. She said that the easiest way to do it is to think of the power like a cloak and that it's freezing outside.

"You have to wrap it around you like you would if it was snowing outside. Don't let any of the heat from under your cloak out. Think of you power like the warmth the cloak provides. The tighter you wrap yourself up in it, the warmer you're going to be." Adrienne said.

We sat at the coffee shop and I practiced what she was teaching. Adrienne was a very patient teacher. She told me that she knew how hard it would be to master this first thing. But everything after this would be easy.

Louisa came over and talked to us as we walked out and told us not to be strangers. Adrienne assured her that we'd be back soon. Hugs were given and we went to Wal-Mart... Yay.

So here we are at Wal-Mart and we're playing magical hide and seek. The first couple times, Adi found me with little to no effort at all. She made quick work of finding me and to be honest, after yesterday's outing with "Her" and the ease of learning what she taught, this was getting a bit frustrating. But like she said, not everything was easy, so I took it in stride.

I was walking into the automotive section and started to "wrap myself up in my cloak", when I almost walked into a gentleman looking at oil. Normally this wouldn't be much to worry about; I'd apologize and move on. But this gentleman was wearing daisy duke shorts... and a women's sling bathing suit. What was even more odd was that he was wearing women's sandals with it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." I said to him. He smiled and said no problem and went back to looking. I was walking around the corner to another isle when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I didn't even look because I knew who it was. Also, I couldn't stop looking at the guy I'd just past.

"I have that same suit only in yellow and pink." Adrienne said to me. "I like his shoes, I wonder where he got them from?"

I turned and looked at her as she smiled and looked at him. About that time, a woman came around behind us and said "I got them for him at Macy's, they were on sale."

"Really? I must go see if I can find some then." Adi said to her as she walked over to the guy.

Adi and I stood there watching as she started to berate him for leaving her side and that he was going to have to be punished for his disobedience. She went on like that for another few seconds and they walked off, her in the lead with him behind her.

"Ok, I'm going to give you a bye for not getting hidden in time. That would have probably thrown me slightly off my game as well." Adrienne said to me. "You're not pulling your magic in close enough to you. When I get close to you, I can feel you bleeding power. It's not a lot, but it's noticeable to someone who's looking for it."

"I cant understand what I'm doing wrong. If my 'cloak' was any tighter around me, I'd be a freakin mummy." I said to her frustrated.

"Just relax and lets try it again. You're learning, it's been harder for me to find you each time you go and hide." Adrienne said to me. "I'm going to grab something to drink quick, I'll give you that time to practice some more. When I return, we'll start again.

As she walked off, I stood looking at the wall thinking about how I was doing it wrong. That's when I heard "Her" in the back of my mind.

"You're thinking too hard about this Meredith." She said to me. "You know what 90% of learning to use my power is? Its attention to detail."

And her presence receded to the back of my mind again.

"Ok, attention to detail." I said to myself. Maybe I was going about this wrong. I made a plan just as Adrienne returned. She handed me a bottle of water and asked if I was ready.

"Yes I think I am. I've got a plan and I think it'll work this time. I said to her.

"Ok, I'll be a nice instructor and give you seven minutes instead of five to hide this time." Adrienne said to me. "Go, and I hope I can't find you. And if I do, we might need to think about doing something differently to help you."

I walked off briskly towards the electronics section. When I was in college, I used to find the most useless thing on TV and just let it run. I used it as a distraction so that I could teach myself not to lose my concentration on what I was doing.

I walked over in front of a huge flat screen TV and stood there. I reached down and forced my power around me like a cloak and pulled it around me. I checked the area around me, but I couldn't feel any magic. Hopefully this did it.

"May I help you find something?" Said a clerk from behind me.

"My friend and I were looking for a new ultra HDTV for my house. I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, I don't watch a lot of television." I said to her.

We walked down to the smaller TV's and she started to explain about them and their features. We slowly walked back to where I was standing and she was telling me about the one I was looking at earlier. We had spent about 15 minutes together when I felt a hand on my shoulder again... Damn it!

"Ma fille, this would be great to watch football on Sundays in the living room." Adi said to me.

"Indeed it would." I said to her.

The sales person asked Adrienne who her team was. Adrienne replied, "I'm an AC Milan fan, but I cheer for Saint Etienne also."

The sales person asked her what conference they were in.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that football here is a different sport. I'm talking about soccer, not American football." Adrienne said to her.

The sales person apologized and told us to grab her if we wanted a TV.

Walking away dejected, I felt Adi's fingers interlace with my own in support. I thought I had it that time. What was I doing wrong?

"You're over thinking this Meredith. The analytical part of your brain is overpowering your creative side. Just relax and be your intuitive self. You'll get the hang of it. It took me longer this time to find you than the others." Adrienne told me.

"It's just a bit disheartening to have this much problem seeing as I picked up everything yesterday so fast." I told Adi. "Maybe I'm thinking about it the wrong way. I'm going to try something, come find me in five minutes."

She squeezed my hand as she said ok and went back to talk to the sales person about the ultra HD television I had been looking at when she found me.

Walking to the front of the store, I went to the hair salon place and sat down in the waiting area. A woman came over and asked me if I wanted my hair cut, and I told her I just needed a break from walking around the store. She smiled and said ok. I decided to think about my power like my woobie. I had been using it as a security blanket type thing since mom and dad gave it to me when I was seven. I used it during storms when I was scared. I'd cover up and pretend that my woobie was indestructible and would protect me from anything. Maybe I needed some context to get my power wrapped up around me. So that's what I did. I wrapped my "woobie" around me as tight as I could and waited.

I looked at my watch and it had been about 20 minutes since I left Adi to hide myself. I was reading in women's health magazine about sugar intake versus losing weight when I felt a hand on my shoulder and a kiss on my cheek.

"That was much better. I actually timed the last three times that I came to find you." She whispered in my ear. "The first time, it took me eleven minutes. The second time was fifteen minutes. This time it took me nineteen minutes to find you."

I felt a bit better that I was getting the hand of it. I just needed to figure out what I was doing wrong. I was thinking about my creative brain when Adrienne took my hand and we walked outside to the parking lot and to my car. She pushed me against the side and kissed me.